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Iran Says New Framework Needed to Access Bombed Nuclear Sites

This is Beirut, 21/11 18:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a new approach should be taken for the monitoring of the country's nuclear sites attacked in a recent war with Israel. Tehran is under pressure from Western powers to allow inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog into the facilities. "We need a method or a framework for how to inspect ...

Iran Says No Access to Bombed Nuclear Sites Without IAEA Deal

This is Beirut, 20/11 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the UN's nuclear watchdog would not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites attacked during its recent war with Israel without a concrete deal being agreed. "The facilities that were attacked have their own story, and until a decision is made and a conclusion is reached between us, the IAEA and ...

UN Nuclear Head Renews Call for Iran to Allow Inspections at Key Sites

This is Beirut, 19/11 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The head of the UN nuclear agency on Wednesday renewed his call for Iran to allow inspections at key nuclear sites attacked by Israel and the United States in June. Tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have repeatedly flared in recent years and were further inflamed after a 12-day war in June that saw Israeli ...

Foreign Minister Says 'No Undeclared Nuclear Enrichment Facility' in Iran

This is Beirut, 16/11 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the country had no undeclared uranium enrichment sites and that all of its facilities were monitored by the UN's nuclear watchdog. The assertion came after US media outlets, including the Washington Post and the New York Times, reported that Iran had accelerated construction at a secret ...

Iran Says No Longer Bound by 'Restrictions' on Its Nuclear Program

This is Beirut, 18/10 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear program as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its "commitment to diplomacy." The 2015 deal, signed in Vienna by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, saw the lifting of international ...

IAEA Chief Warns of Challenges in Iran Nuclear Talks, Sees Hope for Diplomacy

This is Beirut, 22/09 21:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Discussions with Iran over its nuclear program are at a “difficult juncture,” the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, acknowledged Monday, while leaving open the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough by the end of the week. “Clearly, this is a rather difficult moment,” Grossi said in an ...

IAEA Says Iran Nuclear Diplomacy at a "Difficult Juncture"

This is Beirut, 22/09 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, told AFP Monday that diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program were at a "difficult juncture," but dialogue would continue. The UN Security Council voted on Friday to reimpose UN sanctions that had been frozen, after three European governments activated the ...

Iran Withdraws Draft Resolution to Ban Attacks on Nuclear Facilities

This is Beirut, 19/09 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran late Thursday withdrew a draft resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog that called to ban attacks against nuclear facilities after its war with Israel, citing reported US pressure for the last-minute change. In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that saw Israeli and US strikes on ...

Iran Eyes Positive Response from European Powers to IAEA Agreement

This is Beirut, 17/09 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran said Wednesday it expects European powers who triggered a snapback of UN sanctions to respond positively to its signing of a new cooperation agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog. The statement came as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to speak by telephone on Wednesday with his British, French and German counterparts. "We have ...

Iran Says Agreed New Cooperation Framework with UN Nuclear Watchdog

This is Beirut, 09/09 22:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran agreed to a new cooperation framework with the UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday, after it suspended cooperation following the war with Israel in June. The agreement was signed in Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who hailed it as "an important step in the right ...

Iran Has Accelerated Production of Highly Enriched Uranium

This is Beirut, 03/09 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iran boosted its sensitive stockpile of highly enriched uranium just before a 12-day war with Israel broke out, a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Wednesday showed. The UN nuclear watchdog's quarterly report said that Iran has an estimated 440.9 kilograms enriched to up to 60 percent as of 13 ...

Traces of Uranium Detected at Syrian Site Hit by Israel in 2007

This is Beirut, 02/09 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog detected uranium particles at a remote site in Syria that was bombed by Israel in 2007, reviving questions about whether the destroyed facility once housed a secret nuclear reactor. According to a confidential report shared with member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a ...

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